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SANTIAGO ALVAREZ, THE GAS VANS 377 Translation (Letter header and footer omitted; see comments on page 49) Re.: “Mancheten” of the 1942 Saurer truck of the German Wehrmacht Dear Mr. Marais! We are glad to be able to herewith answer your inquiry and thank you for the very macabre copy of a letter which reminds at the most terrible events of the 2nd World War. The “SAURER” vehicles from back then were equipped with vacuum-supported hydraulic brakes [power brakes] as they are still used today in cars and smaller delivery vans following the same principle. In this connection the “Manchete” was a rubber membrane of the vacuums-supported servo device, which ruptured frequently, leading to a loss of the power support so that the vehicle could only be braked with the force of the foot. Hence this is not a complete failure but merely a reduced efficiency of the brakes. The cast mentioned in the letter was not used to “cast” but rather to vulcanize the rubber membrane. We hope to have served you with this information an remain Most sincerely Steyr-Daimler-Puch Special Vehicles Ltd. Customer Service – Bus (signed: Piller and Österreicher)
SANTIAGO ALVAREZ, THE GAS VANS 378 Appendix 11: Drawings of “Gas Vans” Illustration 26: The Impossible Claim. A Saurer truck with a Diesel engine, whose exhaust gases are piped via a flexible metal hose connected to a simple pipe in the bottom at the front part of the cargo box (first 20 trucks), which is hermetically sealed according to witnesses. Execution is claimed to have lasted up to 20 minutes while idling or in transit under low engine load. (Author’s drawing.) Problems: 1. Diesel engines, while idling or when running under low load, do not produce gases to be lethal within 20 minutes. 2. An airtight cargo box, as claimed by many witnesses, would have burst open under the exhaust gas pressure. However, the extant documents speak of opening in the door (first 20 trucks) or in the walls (last 10 trucks). 3. During the 1940s metal hoses of the required size were not flexible enough to make a 90° bend underneath the truck without danger of contact with the road surface. An L-shaped pipe in the floor of the cargo box would have been required, although this is not mentioned by any witness. 4. The pipe opening in the floor could have been blocked by objects falling or fluids flowing into it. Although still functional, it is bad design.
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